ABSTRACT
Repeat offenders, repeat victims, hot spots and risky facilities are all concepts that describe important ways in which crime is concentrated. Crime is also concentrated on particular 'hot products', which are likely to be stolen, including cars, bicycles, video machines and mobile phones. The hottest product of all is cash, which Marcus Felson describes as the mother's milk of crime. As shown by the British Crime Survey, it is the most frequently stolen item in larcenies, burglaries and robberies. It fuels robberies of banks and betting shops, attacks on phone boxes, and muggings near bank machines.
